DECEMBER  2006
 

Robert L. Love Jr - 28

Staff Sergeant
Livingston, Mississippi
12-01-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Keith E. Fiscus - 26

Sergeant
 Townsend, Delaware
12-02-2006
Near Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Bryan T. McDonough - 22

Specialist
Maplewood, Minnesota
12-02-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Corey J. Rystad - 20

Specialist
Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
12-02-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jesse D. Tillery - 19
Lance Corporal
Vesper, Wisconsin
12-02-2006
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Billy B. Farris - 20

Corporal
Bapchule, Arizona
12-03-2006
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Kenneth W. Haines - 25

Specialist
Fulton, New York
12-03-2006
Abu Hishma (Died in Balad), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Troy D. Cooper - 21

Private
Amarillo, Texas
12-03-2006
Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Kermit O. Evans - 31
Captain
Hollandale, Mississippi
12-03-2006
Haditha, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Joseph Trane McCloud - 39
Major
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
12-03-2006
Haditha, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Joshua C. Sticklen - 24
Corporal
Virginia Beach, Virginia
12-03-2006
Haditha, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Shawn L. English - 35

Captain
Westerville, Ohio
12-03-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Dustin M. Adkins - 22

Specialist
Finger, Tennessee
12-04-2006
Haditha, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash

Ross Andrew McGinnis - 19

Private First Class
Knox, Pennsylvania
12-04-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Grenade







Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis
Medal Of Honor Recipient
 


Only 19  Years Of Age
 
Ross McGinnis, as a machine gunner, had been nominated for a Silver Star for his actions in that fight.  He was granted a waiver for time in service to be promoted to Specialist, too.

CENTCOM sent an email that describes McGinnis on patrol, on December 4th, standing in the turret. McGinnis was manning his armored humvee's machine gun.  His Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant First Class Thomas, was the vehicle commander.

From a position above the humvee, an insurgent lobbed a grenade that arced through McGinnis' hatch and fell to the humvee console lodging in the radio at McGinnis' feet.

McGinnis shouted, "GRENADE!  IT'S IN THE TRUCK!"

Nineteen year old Private First Class Ross McGinnis had a choice to make - get the hell out of the truck through the hatch or......................................
 
Sergeant First Class Cedric Thomas:

"I looked out of the corner of my eye as I was crouching down and I saw him pin it down."

McGinnis did so even though he could have escaped.   
   
"He had time to jump out of the truck," Thomas said. "He chose not to."

Thomas remembered McGinnis talking about how he would respond in such a situation. McGinnis said then he didn't know how he would act, but when the time came, he delivered.

"He gave his life to save his crew and his platoon sergeant," Thomas said. "He's a hero. He's a professional. He was just an awesome guy."

Three of the Soldiers with McGinnis who were wounded that day have returned to duty, while a fourth is recovering in Germany.

For saving the lives of his friends and giving up his own in the process, McGinnis earned the Silver Star, posthumously. His unit paid their final respects in a somber ceremony here Dec. 11...




Nicholas D. Turcotte - 23

National Guard Specialist
Maple Grove, Minnesota
12-04-2006
An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident

Jay R. Gauthreaux - 26

Sergeant
Thibodaux, Louisiana
12-04-2006
Ba'qubah (Died in Balad), Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Christopher A. Anderson - 24
Hospitalman
Longmont, Colorado
12-04-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Thomas P. Echols - 20
Lance Corporal
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
12-04-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Albert M. Nelson - 31

Private First Class
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12-04-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Roger A. Suarez-Gonzalez - 21

Private First Class
Miami, Florida
12-04-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
Marco L. Miller - 36

Specialist
Longwood, Florida
12-05-2006
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Jordan W. Hess - 26

Specialist
Marysville, Washington
12-05-2006
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Megan M. McClung - 34
Major
Coupeville, Washington
12-06-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Dustin J. Libby - 22
Corporal
Presque Isle, Maine
12-06-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Vincent J. Pomante III - 22

Specialist
Westerville, Ohio
12-06-2006
 Ramadi, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Travis L. Patriquin - 32

Captain
Lockport, Illinois
12-06-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Joshua B. Madden - 21

Sergeant
Sibley, Louisiana
12-06-2006
Hawijah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jesse J. J. Castro - 22

Sergeant
Chalan Pago, Guam
12-06-2006
Hawijah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jason Huffman - 32

Specialist
Conover, North Carolina
12-06-2006
Hawijah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Yari Mokri - 26

Specialist
Pflugerville, Texas
12-06-2006
Hawijah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Travis C. Krege - 24

Private First Class
Cheektowaga, New York
12-06-2006
Hawijah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Yevgeniy Ryndych - 24

Sergeant
Brooklyn, New York
12-06-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Cody G. Watson - 21
Lance Corporal
Oxford, Alabama
12-06-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Nicholas R. Gibbs - 25

Specialist
Stokesdale, North Carolina
12-06-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
Kristofer R. Ciraso - 26

Staff Sergeant
Bangor, Maine
12-07-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Micah S. Gifford - 27
Specialist
Redding, California
12-07-2006
South Of Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

 
Henry W. Linck - 23

Staff Sergeant
Manhattan, Kansas
12-07-2006
South Of Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Brent E. Beeler - 22
Reserve Lance Corporal
Jackson, Michigan
12-07-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Nathan M. Krissoff - 25
First Lieutenant
Reno, Nevada
12-09-2006
Al Taqaddum, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Nicholas P. Steinbacher - 22

Specialist
La Crescenta, California
12-10-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Brennan C. Gibson - 26

Sergeant
Tualatin, Oregon
12-10-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Philip C. Ford - 21

Specialist
Freeport, Texas
12-10-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Shawn M. Murphy - 24

Private First Class
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
12-10-2006
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Thomas W. Clemons - 37

National Guard Staff Sergeant
Leitchfield, Kentucky
12-10-2006
Near Diwaniyah, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - Heart Attack

Brian P. McAnulty - 39
Master Sergeant
Vicksburg, Mississippi
12-11-2006
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Clinton J. Miller - 23
Lance Corporal
Greenfield, Iowa
12-11-2006
Khaldiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Matthew V. Dillon - 25
Corporal
Aiken, South Carolina
12-11-2006
Khaldiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Budd M. Cote - 21
Lance Corporal
Marana, Arizona
12-11-2006
Khaldiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Brent W. Dunkleberger - 29

Sergeant
New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
12-12-2006
Mosul, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Attack


Gloria D. Davis - 47

Major
St. Louis, Missouri
12-12-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
Matthew W. Clark - 22
Lance Corporal
St. Louis, Missouri
12-14-2006
Albu Hayatt, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Luke C. Yepsen - 20
Lance Corporal
Kingwood, Texas
12-14-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Theodore A. Spatol - 59

Staff Sergeant
Thermopolis, Wyoming
12-14-2006
Thermopolis, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Illness - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Paul Balint Jr - 22

Private First Class
Willow Park, Texas
12-15-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Henry K. Kahalewai - 43

Staff Sergeant
Hilo, Hawaii
12-15-2006
Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Matthew J. Stanley - 22
Specialist
Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire
12-16-2006
Taji, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


David R. Staats - 30

Staff Sergeant
Pueblo, Colorado
12-16-2006
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Joe L. Baines - 19

Private First Class
Newark, New Jersey
12-16-2006
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Nick J. Palmer - 19
Lance Corporal
Leadville, Colorado
12-16-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
Seth M. Stanton - 19

Private First Class
Colorado Springs, Colorado
12-17-2006
Taji (Died in Balad), Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Brian L. Mintzlaff - 34

Staff Sergeant
Fort Worth, Texas
12-18-2006
Taji, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Rollover

Kevin M. Kryst - 27
Captain
West Bend, Wisconsin
12-18-2006
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack

Joshua D. Pickard - 20
Corporal
Merced, California
12-19-2006
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Andrew P. Daul - 21

Specialist
Brighton, Michigan
12-19-2006
Hit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Robert J. Volker - 21

Specialist
Big Spring, Texas
12-20-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jacob G. McMillan - 25
Staff Sergeant
Lafayette, Louisiana
12-20-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire,  Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Scott D. Dykman - 27
Sergeant
Helena, Montana
12-20-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Myles Cody Sebastien - 21
Lance Corporal
Opelousas, Louisiana
12-20-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero

Kyle A. Nolen - 21
Hospitalman
Ennis, Texas
12-21-2006
Ah Nahiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Ryan L. Mayhan - 25
Lance Corporal
Hawthorne, California
12-21-2006
Ah Nahiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Ryan J. Burgess - 21
Lance Corporal
Sanford, Michigan
12-21-2006
Ah Nahiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Fernando S. Tamayo - 19
Lance Corporal
Fontana, California
12-21-2006
Ah Nahiyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Joshua D. Sheppard - 22

Specialist
Quinton, Oklahoma
12-22-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Elias Elias - 27

Specialist
Glendora, California
12-23-2006
Southwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Curtis L. Norris - 28

Sergeant
Dansville, Michigan
12-23-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Bobby Mejia II - 20

Private
Saginaw, Michigan
12-23-2006
Salman Pak, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Wilson A. Algrim - 21

National Guard Private First Class
Howell, Michigan
12-23-2006
Salman Pak, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Chad J. Vollmer - 21

National Guard Sergeant
Grand Rapids, Michigan
12-23-2006
Salman Pak, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


John Barta - 25

Corporal
Corpus Christi, Texas
12-23-2006
Buhritz, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Michael J. Crutchfield - 21

Specialist
Stockton, California
12-23-2006
Balad (Camp Anaconda), Iraq
 Non-Hostile - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
Stephen L. Morris - 21
Lance Corporal
Lake Jackson, Texas
12-24-2006
Albu Hayatt, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Evan A. Bixler - 21

Private
Racine, Wisconsin
12-24-2006
Hit, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire
Jason C. Denfrund - 24

Sergeant
Cattaraugus, New York
12-25-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Eric R. Wilkus - 25

Private
Hamilton, New Jersey
12-25-2006
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Non-Hostile - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Jae S. Moon - 21

Sergeant
Levittown, Pennsylvania
12-25-2006
 Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Dexter E. Wheelous - 37

Sergeant First Class
Winder, Georgia
12-25-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Hayes Clayton - 29

Captain
Marietta, Georgia
12-25-2006
Balad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Andrew H. Nelson - 19

Private First Class
Saint Johns, Michigan
12-25-2006
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Aaron L. Preston - 29

Specialist
Dallas, Texas
12-25-2006
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

John T. Bubeck - 25

Sergeant
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
12-26-2006
Northwest Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Joshua M. Schmitz - 21
Corporal
Spencer, Wisconsin
12-26-2006
Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Joseph A. Strong - 21

Specialist
Lebanon, Indiana
12-26-2006
South Of Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Rollover
Douglas L. Tinsley - 21

Specialist
Chester, South Carolina
12-27-2006
South Of Baghdad, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Rollover


William C. Koprince Jr - 24
Lance Corporal
Lenoir City, Tennessee
12-27-2006
Habbaniyah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Nathaniel A. Given - 21

Private First Class
Dickinson, Texas
12-27-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Christopher P. Messer - 28

Sergeant
Petersburg, Florida
12-27-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Clinton T. McCormick - 20

Private
Jacksonville, Florida
12-27-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Edward W. Shaffer - 24

Sergeant
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
12-27-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

William D. Spencer - 20
Reserve Lance Corporal
Paris, Tennessee
12-28-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Nicholas A. Miller - 20
Reserve Lance Corporal
Silverwood, Michigan
12-28-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Dustin R. Donica - 22

Specialist
Spring, Texas
12-28-2006
Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Luis G. Ayala - 21

Specialist
South Gate, California
12-28-2006
Taji, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Christopher E. Esckelson - 22
Reserve Corporal
Vassar, Michigan
12-28-2006
Fallujah, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

Aron C. Blum - 22
Sergeant
Tucson, Arizona
12-28-2006
San Diego Naval Medical Center, California
 Non-Hostile - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero
William R. Newgard - 20

Private First Class
 Arlington Heights, Illinois
12-29-2006
North OF Baghdad, Iraq
 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Lawrance J. Carter - 25

Sergeant
Rancho Cucamonga, California
12-29-2006
Northwest Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

David E. Dietrich - 21

Private
Marysville, Pennsylvania
12-30-2006
Ramadi, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire

John M. Sullivan - 22

Sergeant
Hixon, Tennessee
12-30-2006
Southwest Part Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack

Sandra S. Grant - 23
Seaman
Linwood, North Carolina
12-31-2006
Arabian Gulf, Iraq
Non-Hostile - Natural Causes - Cause Of Death Was Not Provided For This Hero


Richard A. Smith - 20

Corporal
Grand Prairie, Texas
12-31-2006
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jonathan E. Schiller - 20

Corporal
Ottumwa, Iowa
12-31-2006
Ba'qubah, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Alan R. Blohm - 21

Private First Class
Kenai, Alaska
12-31-2006
South Of Baghdad, Iraq
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack



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TOTAL SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER  2006
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
7 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
12 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
24 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
0 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
0 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
0 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
0 - Total American IED Deaths
0 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
0 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
0 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
0 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
0 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
   

TOTAL SUMMARY TO DATE (4)
0 - American 18 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 19 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 20 Year Old Deaths
0 - American 21 Year Old Deaths
0 - American Deaths In IRAQ (2)
0 - Hostile Fire Death In IRAQ
0 - Non-Hostile Death In IRAQ
0 - Total American IED Deaths
0 - Total American Small Arms Fire Deaths
0 - Total American RPG Deaths
0 - Total American Vehicle Deaths
0 - Total American Air Craft Deaths
0 - Total American Car Bomb Deaths
0 - Wounded In Action In IRAQ (3)
   
  (2) = Include 18 - 21 Years Of Age 
  (3)= Includes Soldiers Who May Have Returned To Combat 
  (4) = All Conflict Totals To End Of This Month
DOD Began Counting IED Deaths July 2003